Pakistan all-rounder Mohammad Nawaz: “My role is to make an impact with both batting and bowling”
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Pakistan all-rounder Mohammad Nawaz is fully aware of his role in the national team, which is to have an impact with both the bat and ball.
Pakistan batsman Saud Shakeel: “Alongside batting, I am working on my bowling as well. Bowling along with batting helps balance the team and adds value to the player’s overall role”
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Pakistan batsman Saud Shakeel is determined to have a larger all-round impact when representing his country, which is why he has started working on his left-arm spin bowling as well.
Aaqib Javed: “Naseem had some injury issues in the past, but now he is coming here daily, bowling and improving his fitness more and more”
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Pakistan Director of High-Performance Aaqib Javed said fast bowler Naseem Shah has been coming to the National Cricket Academy (NCA) to work on his bowling and improve his fitness.
Pakistan fast bowler Abbas Afridi: “I consider myself an all-rounder, but I haven’t had enough opportunities to showcase my full potential yet. I focus more on batting than bowling, and my goal is to establish myself as a true all-rounder”
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Pakistan pace bowler Abbas Afridi considers himself to be an all-rounder, but feels he hasn’t “had enough opportunities to showcase my full potential yet”.
Wahab Riaz: “I am working with the fast bowlers on their line and length – and I will not stop until their bowling is spot on”
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Former Pakistan left-arm seamer Wahab Riaz is working with the current fast bowlers to make sure their “bowling is spot on”.
Pakistan seamer Hasan Ali: “I was never a brace-leg bowler, but my front leg started to give way. Firstly, it was bending, and then it started to collapse. Due to this reason, my pace got reduced, and I remember that I was bowling at 128, 130 kph speed in the Australia series”
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Pakistan fast bowler Hasan Ali revealed his bowling speed fell between 128 and 130 kph at one point due to a technical issue with his front leg.
Pakistan pace bowler Ahmed Daniyal: “Although I’ve bowled with the new ball before, I actually enjoy bowling in the middle and later phases of the game. With my slower ball and variations, I feel more comfortable in those phases”
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Pakistan speedster Ahmed Daniyal has admitted that he prefers to bowl in the middle and death overs as he feels “more comfortable in those phases”.
Wasim Akram: “I was talking about an all-rounder. If you want to invest in someone for the long term, it was (Aamer) Jamal, but he is not in the squad”
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Iconic Pakistan seamer Wasim Akram thinks the selectors should invest in bowling all-rounder Aamer Jamal on a long-term basis.
Sanjay Manjrekar: “Haris Rauf is on a downward curve”
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Former India batsman Sanjay Manjrekar believes Pakistan fast bowler Haris Rauf’s bowling has been “on a downward curve”.
Ramiz Raja: “His bowling form is also not up to the mark”
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Former Pakistan captain Ramiz Raja has put spinner Shadab Khan in his crosshairs, saying his bowling has fallen well short of expectations as of late.
